Robert William Elliott, Baron Elliott of Morpeth, Kt. (11 December 1920 – 20 May 2011) was a British

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politician. The son of Richard Elliott, was a former councillor and mayor of Morpeth, William Elliott was the Conservative Party candidate in the 1954 Morpeth by-election and again for the same constituency in the 1955 General Election, losing on both occasions by over 14,000 votes to the Labour candidate. He was elected as Member of Parliament for

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at a

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in 1957, and held the seat until his retirement at the

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. From 1958 Elliott was a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS), serving until 1964, when he was appointed an opposition

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, and became a government whip when the Conservatives regained power in 1970. Elliott was a Vice-Chairman of Conservative Party from 1970 to 1974. He was knighted in 1974, and became a Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland in 1982. On 16 May 1985, he was created a

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as Baron Elliott of Morpeth, of Morpeth in the County of

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and of the City of

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and took his seat in the

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, where he was Deputy Speaker from 1992 to 2002 and Deputy Chair of Committees from 1997 to 2002.

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* 1920 births 2011 deaths People from Morpeth, Northumberland Conservative Party (UK) life peers Knights Bachelor Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 UK MPs 1979–1983 Deputy lieutenants of Northumberland Life peers created by Elizabeth II {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1920s-stub